In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
scarecrow, straw man, strawman, bird-scarer, scarer
(noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scarer (plural scarers)
One who, or that which, scares.
• frightener
• Cerras, Crears, carers, crares, racers, scarre
Source: Wiktionary
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.